Sunday, February 14, 2016

Why this 'Aha ? (Native Hawaiian Congress)

Why are we meeting? In my case:

We
are responding to the systematic destruction of the Native Hawaiian
people and our homeland & habitat, including the aggressive seizure
of our indigenous lands by outsiders such as U.S. military forces. We
demand return of our lands wherever possible. We also require ongoing
consultation on issues of Hawaiian heritage, and compensation for
continuing misuse of our inheritance. We are drafting a proposed
governing document that will protect our ancestral lands, to help
provide the Native Hawaiian people and our families with better lives,
and to cultivate continuing Aloha in the wider community and throughout
the world.